Stationary light flashing white, red, blue, west of Ewing NJ.
Slightly before 9:15, I stepped out into the back yard of our house. Looking at the clear night sky, I noticed a bright flashing light low in the western sky; given the date, I was more attentive than usual. Since we see a lot of air traffic out of Mercer County Airport (not far to our west) and elsewhere in the NY-PA area, I first assumed it was a plane, but glancing back once or twice I noticed that it didn't appear to be moving. I guessed it was a trick of perspective, but after five or ten minutes I felt something must be amiss, so I went to grab my only -- and unfortunately low-resolution -- pair of binoculars. It was larger than a star and flashed much more rapidly, again, like an airplane, and in multiple colors as well. All that I was able to make out was a stationary object emitting a bright white light accompanied by intermittent red and blue flashes. My wife confirmed this sighting and feels as clueless about it as I. I checked on its status repeatedly, and the object continued to hover for well over an hour, although the last few times I checked it appeared to have lowered imperceptibly toward the western horizon until, between 10:30 and 10:45, it had sunk out of my viewing area behind trees and houses. There was frequent air traffic in the area, and a few planes even seemed to pass close by the object without any change of course. My eye isn't well-trained enough to get any sense of how far away the object may have been; west of here is, again, the airport, and not far beyond that the Delaware River and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Honestly, I don't know a thing about UFOs, but typing the search terms "red blue flashing object" into Google turned up a multitude of sightings, which is why I decided to submit this report. If anyone else in the area saw this bizarre object, I'd love to hear about it. Many thanks.
((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the witness may have observed the quite bright star in the western sky. PD))
Slightly before 9:15, I stepped out into the back yard of our house. Looking at the clear night sky, I noticed a bright flashing light low in the western sky; given the date, I was more attentive than usual. Since we see a lot of air traffic out of Mercer County Airport (not far to our west) and elsewhere in the NY-PA area, I first assumed it was a plane, but glancing back once or twice I noticed that it didn't appear to be moving. I guessed it was a trick of perspective, but after five or ten minutes I felt something must be amiss, so I went to grab my only -- and unfortunately low-resolution -- pair of binoculars. It was larger than a star and flashed much more rapidly, again, like an airplane, and in multiple colors as well. All that I was able to make out was a stationary object emitting a bright white light accompanied by intermittent red and blue flashes. My wife confirmed this sighting and feels as clueless about it as I. I checked on its status repeatedly, and the object continued to hover for well over an hour, although the last few times I checked it appeared to have lowered imperceptibly toward the western horizon until, between 10:30 and 10:45, it had sunk out of my viewing area behind trees and houses. There was frequent air traffic in the area, and a few planes even seemed to pass close by the object without any change of course. My eye isn't well-trained enough to get any sense of how far away the object may have been; west of here is, again, the airport, and not far beyond that the Delaware River and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Honestly, I don't know a thing about UFOs, but typing the search terms "red blue flashing object" into Google turned up a multitude of sightings, which is why I decided to submit this report. If anyone else in the area saw this bizarre object, I'd love to hear about it. Many thanks.
((NUFORC Note: We suspect that the witness may have observed the quite bright star in the western sky. PD))
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Ewing
USA
1 1/2 hrs
1 1/2 hrs
40.27
-74.82
flash
NJ
Occurred : 9/11/2004 21:15 (Entered as : 09/11/2004 21:15) Reported: 9/11/2004 8:21:30 PM 20:21 Posted: 9/29/2004 Location: Ewing, NJ Shape: Flash Duration: 1 1/2 hrs Characteristics: There were lights on the object, The object emitted beams, There were aircraft in the vicinity or aircraft chasing the object
Stationary light flashing white, red, blue, west of Ewing NJ. ((NUFORC Note: Possible twinkling star? PD))